Movies

Jaap Buitendijk

Benedict Cumberbatch (left) plays William Ford and Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup in director Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” which was adapted for the screen from Northrup’s memoir by John Ridley Jr. and is playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.

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